Bulford

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13744BUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard [earlier dedicated to St. John the Evangelist]
Church Notes: "church of ST. LEONARD, so dedicated by c. 1900, was called St. John the Evangelist's in 1763 and c. 1875." [cf. VCH entry in bib.]
Church Address: High Street, Bulford, Wiltshire, SP4 9DB
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km NE of Amesbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Amesbury
Additional Comments: altered font: the suporting columns are 19th-century
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1975): "Font. Square, plain, of Purbeck marble (?)". The Victoria County History (Wiltshire, vol. 15, 1995) notes: "A church stood in Bulford in the early 12th century. [...] The chancel arch and the east, south, and west walls of the nave survive from the early 12th century. [...] The church was restored to C. E. Ponting's designs 1902–11. [...] Registrations of baptisms and marriages survive from 1654"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. The font consists of a plain square basin , probably of the time of the original church, raised on a set of replacement columns of the 19th century.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 586341 5671934
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.192285, -1.764407
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 11′ 32.23″ N, 1° 45′ 51.86″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 151